Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-06

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Laryngological Association in 1881, calling the at
she 1s sne
predispOsing intra-nasal causes OF this disease,
the sufferers therefrom had spent rambling sort
now in large percentage of cases easily
get cured permanently and surely, at
h@s BY ra1ena, tito Tsek
and some other able workers In the same field
claimed more for the plan OF treatment then ad,
W xsea than d as 1850
strongly tenable, viz: whether we are warranted
In believing any case OF hay asthma purely q
causation due to local structural or functional dis
ease In the naso-pharynx.' Therein clearly ad-
mitting that a proportion Of cases were OF the
character OF neurOseS, but far greater proportion
still depended on chronic intra-nasal disease,
upon which the exciting cause, VIZ: Pollen &C.,
ana other agents act with eject, ana, secono,
DIR. Daily referred also to the advancement Of
laryngology and its cOgnate branches.
THE FOOD OF THE SOLDIER.
Dr. Jos. r. Smith, lieutenant-colonel and sur
geon, Z. S. A., read an interesting paper yes
ter1ay afternoon before ths n section n Mill MI
"FOod OF the Soldier" He en- deavored to
show the diniculties in determining the exact,
the least amount Of food that will suffice
for the soldier in the exigencies OF service, and
gave the ratons of different armies and the diets
devised by various observers and experimenters,
comparing them and discussing their bearings.
lie showed that in general they err on the side Of
amplitude; that soldiers, as regards their gemand
for food to be classed in the category OF active
laborers; that besides the nutr1ment the food con-
tains we must also consider COST facility OF trans
portat1on. and personal preferences In fixing q
diet. He concluded that the soldiers ration should
contain about :,93 grains OF nitrogen and 1876
grains Of carbon, and that considerable variation
in the relative proportions Of these elements, as
well as In those OF the food principles and IN The
Dulk or the food ingeSted, are consistent With
health. He suggested two rattOnS for armies
whose mean proportions OF nitrogen and carbon
are y. 800 grains and c. 1854 grains. Finally he
emphasized the fact that sale, barter, and inter-
change OF food. in practice, always give the SOL
dler suitable variety OF food
DIR. ROBINSON ON AMERICAN SPECIALISTS.
DR.. A. R. Robinson, OF New York, president OF
the section Of dermatoiOgy and syphilography,
in his opening remarks yesterday afternoon, after
that the heat will not be so great as the false
prophets promised, for, knowing the effects OF
nigh temperature upon the mental powers, and
the amount OF raiment one can wear under great
heat conditions, and that these medical congress
meetings are partly scientific and partly social in
their character 1t Is evident tnat for successful
congress Of this kind the participants must be
clothed, and in their right minds. II the social
part is comparative failure, I trust that the
mental food offered will be rich in valuable mate
meetings has been an unKnown quantity for this
ity, and win soon Know the QUALITY.
tolOgtcal literature OF America, vast in yearly
amount, meager In contributions. not to wonder
why with so many writer's upon the subject, with
SO many dermatOlOgiStS animated with that pecu-
liar American quality called "puSh, I'VE have con-
tributed so little to the recent substantial ad-
vancement in our knowledge OF skin diseases. But
II we consider, we now intend to do briefly, all
the conditions under which we pursue our studies
in this country, 1t will appear strange that good
work is not even rarer than 1t now IS.
After referring to the fact that there is no par
ticular center for archaeological studyin America
and hence no representative. American derma-
tOlogiSt he said returning from his European
travelS-Speaking foreign language Just as well
as his mother tOngue'-the WOuld-be specialist is
beseu by temptations, to which he too frequently
falls victim. With more medical journals in the
land than are necessary for the publication OF
papers that repay one for their perusal, there is
on one hand demand for an article on some sub
1ect 1t matters not what 1t be, by the
editor, and on the other hand, desire to
publish paper by the specialist anxious
for reputation and notoriety: The medi-
lcal world at least must know that he is devoting
special attention TO particular branch OF medi-
cal science, and what plan SO good as to write an
scattered broadcast let the world know your
speciality, name, and address, A few repetitions
Of this procedure WILL without FAIL bring patients
to the Office and reputation among the mass OF
general practitioners. Why this latter is result
Is not difficult to understand. As already men,
toned the college graduates usually have no
sequently any reprint, although 1t be only a COM
pilation Of previous articles by real workers-and
very often they are even very poor compilations
appear to the busy practitioner to contain valua-
BILE Information, and the author thereof as one
having special knowledge OF his subject
''Ihis mode OF action Is q very serious evil, and
must and does bring discredit upon the specialists
In that branch as body. 1t Is to be hoped that
the protest now enter against this evil will not
be In vain, and that in the future only such arti
cles will be published as represent real contribu-
tiOns to the existing knowledge OF the subject dis
cusSed."
He closed by expressing the hope. in view OF
past events "that another International Congress
will not be held In America until the profession in
this country have shown by their actions change
the desire for personal gain TO the proper nobler
and more honorable feeling for the advancement
OF medical science and the consequent relief of
human Su1ering.'
PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL VITAL sTATIsTICs.
DR.. A. L. Gihon, q. $. n, in his address, yester-
day afternoon, as president Of the section OF
climatology and demography, referring to the ex-
pansion Of medical science, said: 'The Rome that
was built on the seven hills beside the Ttber was
but the central sun OF that great empire, whose
limits were co-extens1ve with human progress.
SO the medicine, which rested on the foundations
Of the seven chairs OF the schools Of fifty years
ago was only the nucleus OF that broad realm OF
science which to-day makes tributary every
branch OF human knowledge. To the outside
world medicine is yet only the mercenary art OF
healing at so much apiece the malmed, and the
ualG anu tuc UiilO vi lie human race. IL Is
still an inscrutable mystery to the masses
| that men who In their eyes are only tinkers OF
human mechanisms, where sweet bells are tangled
out OF tune, can really be earnestly striving to pre-
vent these very Ills whose coming brings them
profit. The recognition OF the subsection OF hu.
man organisms TO external influences which SAM.
tary considerations have induced has brought
climatOlogical questions into prominence as
medical 1actors-nOt in the restricted therapeutic
sense, which has been so long the only medium
through which physicians were ever expected tC
look, but as active forces In mans economy
''ine effects or climate" he said, "are not to be
locked Tor IN the prevalence Of specific diseases
with well-deflned geographic limits, the Ques
tiOn OF acclnatlOn considered, the climate OF the
United States unjustly denounced as perniciOus
when in fact the most heterogeneous race elements
are here being welded on vast scale into init
mate union, as nowhere else ON earth"
He submitted TO the consideration Of the section
resolutions declaring that in the opinion of the
section sit isimportant there should be established
| in every country national department bureau
or commission for the record OF vital statistics
upon uniform basis, to include not only accurate
returns OF births and deaths but the results OF the
attentive investigation by government oficials o.
facts bearing upon the natural history OF disease
| as manifested among men, women, and children
separately especially with regard TO climatic anG
| other dScOverable causes OF the several forms Of
disease that necessary preventive measures may
| be determined and enforced for the preservation
OF the public health" The Italian government he
said, has already made comMendable progress IL
this direction.
Prof. SemmOIa,
THE ITALIAN SENATOR AND SCIENTIST WHO WILL REA1
PAPER. Q
One OF the conspicuous members Of the congress
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